(December 3, 2012)--Indiana, Duke and Michigan remained the top three teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll released Monday and Kentucky dropped out of the poll for the first time since John Calipari became coach of the Wildcats after a weekend upset home loss to Baylor.
The Hoosiers (8-0) received 45 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel, two fewer than last week.
Duke (8-0) for the second straight week had the other first-place votes.
Kentucky (4-3) lost to Notre Dame and Baylor last week and the loss to the Bears snapped the Wildcats' 55-game home winning streak, which had been the longest in the nation.
Kentucky had been ranked in the last 61 polls, 11 of those weeks at No. 1.
Syracuse was fourth followed by Louisville, Florida, Ohio State, Arizona, Kansas and Gonzaga.
AP Men’s College Basketball Poll
1 Indiana (45) 8-0 1,605
2 Duke (20) 8-0 1,577
3 Michigan 7-0 1,467
4 Syracuse 5-0 1,384
5 Louisville 6-1 1,332
6 Florida 6-0 1,324
7 Ohio State 5-1 1,254
8 Arizona 5-0 1,190
9 Kansas 6-1 1,079
10 Gonzaga 8-0 1,054
11 Cincinnati 7-0 919
12 Missouri 6-1 866
13 Illinois 8-0 654
14 Minnesota 8-1 584
15 Georgetown 5-1 545
16 Creighton 7-1 469
17 San Diego State 5-1 410
18 New Mexico 8-0 402
19 Michigan State 6-2 347
20 North Carolina 6-2 321
21 UNLV 5-1 285
22 Notre Dame 7-1 278
23 Oklahoma State 5-1 263
24 Wichita State 8-0 245
25 North Carolina State 4-2 234
Others receiving votes: Kentucky 186, Virginia Tech 170, Pittsburgh 164, Oregon 155, Alabama 96, Connecticut 92, Baylor 49, Colorado 44, Boise State 22, Butler 18, Maryland 9, Temple 9, Miami (FL) 7, Wyoming 5, Colorado State 5, Murray State 4, LSU 1, Marquette 1
Dropped from rankings: Kentucky 8, Colorado 19
